When the current is strong, it makes the water closer to shore cooler. So here's what that means for hurricane season: ...

Driven by high temperatures in the Gulf, Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified from a Category 3 to Category 5 before making ...

Carlyn Scott, College of Marine ScienceDriven by high temperatures in the Gulf, Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified from a ...

(Miami, FL) - A new study finds a ‘pressure point’ in the Gulf could cause hurricanes to rapidly intensify. This "loop current" anomaly intrigued Oceanographer Dr. Yonggang Liu at the USF College of ...

With La Niña helping clear the way for a busy hurricane season, this wide current of warm water could spell disaster for the northern Gulf Coast.

Likening the system to a merry-go-round, Pilié said weather forecasting models Thursday showed the storm doing a full loop ...

When Hurricane Katrina moved into the Gulf, it intensified from a Category 3 storm to a Category 5 storm while it traversed the Loop Current for just one day. A 2018 National Academies consensus study ...

Current affairs. While currents exist in many places in the world, the phenomenon known as the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current cuts through a prime oil and gas producing region, where the current and ...

The NHC unveils enhanced alerts for the 2025 hurricane season, including rip current risks and an inland warning system for tropical storm impacts. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

The National Hurricane Center track for Hurricane Kristy shows the storm moving away from land. It could cause deadly rip currents in Baja California later this week.